Update: The House has voted 41-28 in favor of HB 222, the bill to prevent Idaho's colleges and universities from regulating or banning guns on campus other than in undergraduate residence halls. The measure now moves to the Senate. Rep. Cherie Buckner-Webb, D-Boise, said she…
Nancy DiGiammarco of Silverwood Theme Park issued this news release: "Every summer hundreds of thousands of guests flock to Silverwood Theme Park expecting to have good family fun and none of that would be possible without a happy, well trained staff to greet them. This…
A North Idaho father is both relieved and anxious for his family to see justice after a convicted child serial killer plead guilty in California court on Tuesday.Joseph Duncan reached a plea bargain with prosecutors in the case of a murdered 10 year old boy."I…
Sen. Russ Fulcher, R-Meridian, has moved to send SB 1165, the bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks, to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass, and Sen. Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, seconded the motion. Sen. Michelle Stennett, D-Ketchum, made a substitute motion…
"I went out yesterday evening between rain storms, looking for fog in the forest or something interesting," tweets Linda Lantzy/Idaho Scenic Images. "I'd about decided I wasn't going to find anything, but stopped by this muddy hillside runoff as it was getting dark. It was…
So here was the toss-up, silly as it seems now: Could David Stockton crack the lineup at, oh, Whitworth? This was the pants-seat deliberation three months ago – not even a debate, really, but just a couple of guys in the bleachers, considering the state…
What this adds up to is the same problem that has driven us into endless debt. DFO is willing to sacrifice the future of our nation, so that he doesn’t have to make hard choices now. I don’t doubt DFO’s sincerity and compassion and I…
With 50 years behind it, the Lake City Playhouse continues to stand strong. Perhaps better than ever, thanks to a $150,000 renovation that's on schedule to be completed this year. The significance of the project is clear, said George Green, Playhouse artistic director. "Simply put,…
We can’t define obscenity, as former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously suggested, but we know it when we see it. And no matter how we personally define obscenity, we don’t want to see it on a public library computer monitor, in plain view…
Rich Cesler, director of the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake, looks at a niche wall at the cemetery, where the cremated remains of veterans are stored, Monday.Cesler is part of a drive to find and honor the remains of military veterans. Shawn Vestal's…
Item: County doesn't change school levy vote: Canvass of March 8 election shows option 2 with 86 percent support/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: The commissioners did not re-tabulate the votes, as they were requested to do in a March 10 letter signed by…
Duane Rasmussen: The local Kootenai County Republican Central Committee has aligned itself with the Constitution Party. Phil Hart and other prominent members of the Constitution Party decided they were tired of having no real power. Phil Hart ran for the office of State Representative as…
JohnA: What the legislature is missing is that in their efforts to reign in big city URAs it is the small cities that will be ‘thrown under the bus’. For most small cities urban renewal is their only tool to attract new development. It is…
If Luna doesn’t like the Legislature, I suppose he could go online and get his own. I’m sure there’s plenty on Craigslist. Digger: I can just see how that ad would read… “Conservative super of public instruction seeks hot legislature for good times. Lets meet,…
The sky's overcast outside. The Legislature is still in session doing the goofy things that it is prone to do this session, with Vito Barbieri leading the way today. But, hey, a bunch of local college basketball teams have won bids to postseason play, including…
Devon Unruh, Keven Mack and Rob Enders of the Coeur d’Alene High School Jazz Band perform a Duke Ellington piece during the “Support Jazz in Our Schools” concert hosted by the North Idaho College Jazz Ensemble on Tuesday. (NIC photo: Stacy Hudson)
There’s been a lot of talk lately about rewarding the good teachers and rooting out the bad ones. I’m all for that. The thing is, I’m not sure how to go about telling one from the other in a definitive fashion. I was raised in…
Wanted, one duck. When Aflac announced it was giving Gilbert Gottfried the boot for his disrespectful Tweets about the Japanese tsunami, it created an immediate job opening for someone with a distinctive talent. According to reports, Aflac will start a nationwide casting search, and already…
The ConocoPhillips megaloads sit idle on a pull out for Montana Department of Transportation next to Baxendale Volunteer Fire Department on highway 12 west of Helena earlier today. The megaloads are expected to make their way through Helena late Wednesday night. (AP Photo/The Independent Record,…
Lisa McLaughin, puts a solidarity T-shirt on the statue of Hans Christian Heg on the Capitol Square, Saturday, in Madison, Wis. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Steve Apps) Top Cutlines: 1. The “Made in China” label made Lisa ask if China has…
5:49 p.m. Resident @ 3045 Cami/Post Falls reports an oven fire. 5:47 p.m. Olive Garden reports teen in restaurant w/Eagle River, Mont., high school bus may have taken a wallet from someone at Triple Play/Hayden. 5:39 p.m. Woman making 911 call wants to see a…
Jordyn Odegaard plays the bass with the Post Falls High School Jazz Band, which joined with the Lake City and Coeur d’Alene high schools and the North Idaho College Jazz Ensemble during the “Support Jazz in Our Schools” concert at NIC Monday. (NIC photo: Stacy…
With the hour approaching 5 p.m., Senate Local Government Chairman Joe Stegner, R-Lewiston, announced that his committee's hearing on two urban renewal bills will continue tomorrow, though he'll keep going now to hear two more people who've signed up to testify. Much of the testimony…
Governor Howard Dean will be the guest speaker at the Idaho Democrats “Spring Training” luncheon on April 16 at the Coeur d ‘Alene Resort & Casino in Worley. Shelley Landry, Interim Executive Director of the Idaho Democratic Party remarked, “We are honored to have Governor…
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